COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic The Governor of the Duarte Province, Luis Núñez, tests positive for COVID-19 just after his wife dies from the virus. (Dominican Today)
COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic The World Bank releases US$150 million to support the Dominican Republic's efforts to contain COVID-19. (Dominican Today)
COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines The Philippines records its single largest daily increase in casualties with 29 deaths, bringing the total deaths in the country to 136. (CNA)
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom The Department of Health and Social Care reports 684 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 3,605 and 38,168 confirmed cases. (Sky News)
Cyclone Harold Twenty-seven people died in Solomon Islands after their boat capsized during the Cyclone Harold. (BBC News)
Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Europe Ford Motor Company extends the suspension of vehicle and engine production at most of its manufacturing sites in Europe to May 4 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic The World Bank releases US$150 million to support the Dominican Republic's efforts to contain COVID-19. (Dominican Today)
Ford Motor Company extends the suspension of vehicle and engine production at most of its manufacturing sites in Europe to May 4 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Reuters)
Spain's Ministry of Health reports 7,500 new cases and 932 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the country's death toll to 10,935 and 117,710 confirmed cases. (The Independent)
Suriname reports the country's first death from COVID-19 as confirmed cases rise to 10. (TASS)
The country overtakes Italy in the number of positives and becomes the second country in the world with more coronavirus cases. (Reuters)
The Department of Health and Social Care reports 684 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the country's death toll to 3,605 and 38,168 confirmed cases. (Sky News)
The Governor of the Duarte Province, Luis Núñez, tests positive for COVID-19 just after his wife dies from the virus. (Dominican Today)
The Philippines records its single largest daily increase in casualties with 29 deaths, bringing the total deaths in the country to 136. (CNA)
The World Bank releases US$150 million to support the Dominican Republic's efforts to contain COVID-19. (Dominican Today)
Twenty-seven people died in Solomon Islands after their boat capsized during the Cyclone Harold. (BBC News)
2019–20 Chilean protests Chilean president Sebastián Piñera takes pictures in an empty Plaza Baquedano, symbol of mass protests calling for his resignation. The image provokes outrage after the protests were halted due to the coronavirus pandemic and a quarantine was declared. (The New York Times)
2020 Labour Party leadership election Sir Keir Starmer wins the 2020 Labour Party leadership election in the United Kingdom and becomes Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition. (The Guardian)
2020 Romans-sur-Isère knife attack Two people are killed and five others are injured in a mass stabbing in Romans-sur-Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. A man from Sudan was arrested at the scene. The attack is treated and investigated as a terrorist incident. (BBC News)
At the British government's daily press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove condemns conspiracy theories being spread on social media about 5G spreading COVID-19. Several 5G telecommunications masts have been set on fire in recent days in Birmingham and Merseyside. (Reuters)
Chilean president Sebastián Piñera takes pictures in an empty Plaza Baquedano, symbol of mass protests calling for his resignation. The image provokes outrage after the protests were halted due to the coronavirus pandemic and a quarantine was declared. (The New York Times)
COVID-19 pandemic in Asia COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait Kuwait reports its first death from COVID-19 as cases reach 479. (Reuters) COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons Turkey deploys the Gendarmerie General Command to the eastern city of Batman after a riot erupts inside the city's Type-M prison. The riot comes after the Turkish parliament approved the release of 100,000 inmates due to COVID-19, but excluded journalists and political prisoners, many of whom are Kurds. (Ahval News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania The President of New Caledonia Thierry Santa self-quarantines after a member of his crisis management team tested positive for COVID-19. (RNZ)
COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons Turkey deploys the Gendarmerie General Command to the eastern city of Batman after a riot erupts inside the city's Type-M prison. The riot comes after the Turkish parliament approved the release of 100,000 inmates due to COVID-19, but excluded journalists and political prisoners, many of whom are Kurds. (Ahval News)
Mexican Drug War A shootout between rival cartel gangs in Chihuahua, Mexico, kills at least 19 people. (Global News)
Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic At the British government's daily press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove condemns conspiracy theories being spread on social media about 5G spreading COVID-19. Several 5G telecommunications masts have been set on fire in recent days in Birmingham and Merseyside. (Reuters)
Second Libyan Civil War Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War Turkish-backed GNA forces say they have shot down three Sukhoi Su-22 jets belonging to forces loyal to Field marshal Khalifa Haftar. (Middle East Monitor)
Sir Keir Starmer wins the 2020 Labour Party leadership election in the United Kingdom and becomes Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition. (The Guardian)
The President of New Caledonia Thierry Santa self-quarantines after a member of his crisis management team tested positive for COVID-19. (RNZ)
Turkey deploys the Gendarmerie General Command to the eastern city of Batman after a riot erupts inside the city's Type-M prison. The riot comes after the Turkish parliament approved the release of 100,000 inmates due to COVID-19, but excluded journalists and political prisoners, many of whom are Kurds. (Ahval News)
Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War Turkish-backed GNA forces say they have shot down three Sukhoi Su-22 jets belonging to forces loyal to Field marshal Khalifa Haftar. (Middle East Monitor)
Two people are killed and five others are injured in a mass stabbing in Romans-sur-Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. A man from Sudan was arrested at the scene. The attack is treated and investigated as a terrorist incident. (BBC News)
War in Afghanistan Afghan intelligence agency National Directorate of Security announces that security forces have arrested 20 ISIL–KP fighters, including leader Aslam Farooqi. (Al Jazeera)
A 5-year-old boy dies from COVID-19, becoming Europe's youngest victim of the virus to date. He had underlying health conditions. (Metro)
A shootout between rival cartel gangs in Chihuahua, Mexico, kills at least 19 people. (Global News)
Afghan intelligence agency National Directorate of Security announces that security forces have arrested 20 ISIL–KP fighters, including leader Aslam Farooqi. (Al Jazeera)
COVID-19 pandemic in France France reports 1,053 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the country's death toll to 7,560 and 89,953 cases. The new figures include previously unreported deaths in retirement homes. (Reuters)
COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia Georgia reports its first death from COVID-19; that of a 79-year-old woman who had other illnesses and underlying health conditions. (Reuters)
COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait Kuwait reports its first death from COVID-19 as cases reach 479. (Reuters)
France reports 1,053 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the country's death toll to 7,560 and 89,953 cases. The new figures include previously unreported deaths in retirement homes. (Reuters)
Georgia reports its first death from COVID-19; that of a 79-year-old woman who had other illnesses and underlying health conditions. (Reuters)
Kuwait reports its first death from COVID-19 as cases reach 479. (Reuters)
The Department of Health and Social Care reports 708 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest daily death toll in the country to date, bringing the UK's death toll to 4,313 and 41,903 confirmed cases. (Sky News)
Turkish-backed GNA forces say they have shot down three Sukhoi Su-22 jets belonging to forces loyal to Field marshal Khalifa Haftar. (Middle East Monitor)
COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in Africa COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi President Peter Mutharika announces a stimulus package to alleviate the economic stress resulting from the disease. To help finance this program, he and all government ministers are taking a ten percent wage cut for three months. (BBC News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Africa COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi President Peter Mutharika announces a stimulus package to alleviate the economic stress resulting from the disease. To help finance this program, he and all government ministers are taking a ten percent wage cut for three months. (BBC News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi President Peter Mutharika announces a stimulus package to alleviate the economic stress resulting from the disease. To help finance this program, he and all government ministers are taking a ten percent wage cut for three months. (BBC News)
President Peter Mutharika announces a stimulus package to alleviate the economic stress resulting from the disease. To help finance this program, he and all government ministers are taking a ten percent wage cut for three months. (BBC News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia The government confirms its first death from COVID-19. (Reuters)
COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland Scotland's Chief Medical Officer Catherine Calderwood resigns after breaking her own rules on COVID-19 restrictions by visiting her second home in Elie and Earlsferry. She had been warned by police about her conduct. (Reuters)
COVID-19 pandemic in South Sudan South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar confirms the country's first case of COVID-19. The patient is a 29-year-old woman who had arrived from Ethiopia in February and is now in isolation. (Reuters)
Queen Elizabeth II gives an address to the nation, just the fifth such event in the monarch's 68-year reign, where she compares social isolation to the world war evacuations, thanks the public for their resilience and the world for unifying. (BBC News)
Scotland's Chief Medical Officer Catherine Calderwood resigns after breaking her own rules on COVID-19 restrictions by visiting her second home in Elie and Earlsferry. She had been warned by police about her conduct. (Reuters)
The government confirms its first death from COVID-19. (Reuters)
COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt Former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril dies in Egypt from COVID-19 at the age of 67. (Bloomberg)
COVID-19 pandemic in Haiti Haiti reports the country's first death from COVID-19, a 55-year-old man with underlying health conditions. (France 24)
COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco King Mohammed VI of Morocco pardons 5,654 prisoners and orders new measures to protect inmates from COVID-19. The prisoners were selected on the basis of their age, frail health, time spent in prison and good conduct. (Middle East Monitor)
COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state) New York reports 8,327 new confirmed cases and 594 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the state's death toll to 4,159 and 122,000 cases, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo. (Reuters)
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt United States Navy Captain Brett Crozier, recently relieved of his command of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt after his letter pleading for aid for the coronavirus outbreak aboard his ship was leaked to the press, tests positive for COVID-19. (The New York Times) COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state) New York reports 8,327 new confirmed cases and 594 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the state's death toll to 4,159 and 122,000 cases, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo. (Reuters)
COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt United States Navy Captain Brett Crozier, recently relieved of his command of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt after his letter pleading for aid for the coronavirus outbreak aboard his ship was leaked to the press, tests positive for COVID-19. (The New York Times)
Five people are killed in a mass shooting in Yelatma, Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The suspect has been arrested and said he shot dead four men and one woman for "talking too loudly". (BBC News)
Former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril dies in Egypt from COVID-19 at the age of 67. (Bloomberg)
Haiti reports the country's first death from COVID-19, a 55-year-old man with underlying health conditions. (France 24)
King Mohammed VI of Morocco pardons 5,654 prisoners and orders new measures to protect inmates from COVID-19. The prisoners were selected on the basis of their age, frail health, time spent in prison and good conduct. (Middle East Monitor)
Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic YouTube says it will remove videos promoting a conspiracy theory linking 5G to COVID-19, while "borderline content" will be removed from search results. The decision comes after four more mobile phone masts are set on fire, and broadband engineers have received threats, in several UK cities. (The Guardian)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is admitted to hospital 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19. (BBC News)
Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin tenders resignation over disagreement with the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party as to the upcoming presidential election. He stated at a press conference that the election scheduled for May 10, should be postponed, while the government pushes for the election amid the coronavirus pandemic. Gowin also resigns as Minister of Science and Higher Education. (Radio Poland)
2020 Wisconsin Democratic primary, 2020 Wisconsin Republican primary, COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin The Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns Governor Tony Evers's order to postpone tomorrow's primary elections. Furthermore, the Supreme Court of the United States rules 5–4 in favor of the Republican National Committee to overturn a lower court decision extending absentee ballot eligibility in the Wisconsin primary election to those ballots postmarked by April 13, ruling that ballots postmarked after April 7 will be invalidated. (Politico) (CNBC)
Mali War Gunmen on motorbikes attack a military base in Bamba, Gao, Mali, killing at least 25 soldiers. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. (Xinhuanet) (Al Jazeera)
COVID-19 pandemic in France France reports 833 more deaths from COVID-19, the highest number of deaths recorded in a single day, bringing the country's death toll to 8,911 and the number of cases to 98,010. Health Minister Olivier Véran says, "We have not reached the end of the ascent of this epidemic." (BBC News) President Emmanuel Macron eases some lockdown restrictions for people on the autism spectrum following the requests of disability groups. (Metro)
Gunmen on motorbikes attack a military base in Bamba, Gao, Mali, killing at least 25 soldiers. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. (Xinhuanet) (Al Jazeera)
President Emmanuel Macron eases some lockdown restrictions for people on the autism spectrum following the requests of disability groups. (Metro)
British department store retailer Debenhams files for administration due to "unprecedented" circumstances caused by the United Kingdom's coronavirus lockdown. (BBC News)
COVID-19 pandemic in Barbados Barbados reports its first death from COVID-19, an 81-year-old man with diabetes who recently travelled to the United Kingdom. (Voice Online)
COVID-19 pandemic in North America COVID-19 pandemic in Barbados Barbados reports its first death from COVID-19, an 81-year-old man with diabetes who recently travelled to the United Kingdom. (Voice Online)
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson is admitted to intensive care at St Thomas' Hospital in London as his COVID-19 symptoms worsen. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, as First Secretary of State, will assume Johnson's duties while he remains in the ICU. (ITV)
